Program advisory committees

Each Program Advisory Committee (PAC) is comprised of a chair and up to 5 members. The PACs are formed to review proposals submitted to a particular AS beamline, i.e. there is one PAC per beamline. The PACs were formerly known as 'proposal advisory committees'.

The roles of the PACs are:

  • To review proposals for use of the facility and to make recommendations for the allocation of resources if this is appropriate

  • To monitor the experimental program and utilisation of the facility

  • To make recommendations to the User Office and Director on issues relating to the beamline where necessary

  • To provide comments to be given as feedback to users on the outcome of their proposal and on how to improve future proposals

  • To, in conjunction with beamline staff, make recommendations on the number of shifts to be allocated to a particular proposal.

Macromolecular Crystallography PAC 

Charlie Bond (chair) University of Western Australia
Stephen Harrop University of New South Wales
Renwick Dobson University of Melbourne
Matthew Wilce Monash University
Daniela Stock VCCRI
Helen Blanchard Griffith University
David Turner Monash University
Michael Gardiner University of Tasmania


Powder Diffraction PAC

Richard Haverkamp (chair) Massey University
Nicola Scarlett CSIRO
Maxim Avdeev ANSTO
Evan Gray Griffith University
Stuart Batten Monash University
Darren Goossens Australian National University


Infrared PAC

Bill van Bronswijk (chair) Curtin University of Technology
Llew Rintoul Queensland University of Technology
Evan Robertson La Trobe University
Carolyn Dillon University of Wollongong
David Beattie University of South Australia
Graham Bowmaker University of Auckland


Soft X-Ray PAC

James Downes (chair) Macquarie University
Thomas Nann University of South Australia
Michael Gladys University of Newcastle
Craig Klauber  CSIRO 
Chris Pakes La Trobe University 
Ben Ruck  Victoria University, NZ


Microspectroscopy PAC

Enzo Lombi (chair)  University of South Australia
Peter Lay University of Sydney
Chris Ryan CSIRO
Matt Kitching DPI Victoria
Greg Anderson Queensland Institute of Medical Research
Melvyn Lintern CSIRO
Andrew Berry Imperial College London


SAXS/WAXS PAC

Kevin Jack (chair) University of Queensland
Patrick Kluth Australian National University
Bridget Ingham Industrial Research Ltd
Tracey Hanley ANSTO
Matthew Wilce Monash University
Terry Mulhern University of Melbourne


XAS PAC

Stephen Best (chair) University of Melbourne
Richard Collins University of New South Wales
Hugh Harris University of Adelaide
Peter Kappen La Trobe University
Richard Haverkamp Massey University
Victor Streltsov CSIRO


IPAC

Chris Ryan (chair)     CSIRO
Sarah Harmer University of South Australia
Robert Knott ANSTO
Ian Gentle University of Queensland
Arie van Riessen Curtin University
Karen Siu Monash University